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''Rhino'' ( uk, Носоріг, Nosorih) is a Ukrainian feature film by director
Oleg Sentsov Oleg (russian: Олег), Oleh ( uk, Олег), or Aleh ( be, Алег) is an East Slavic given name. The name is very common in Russia, Ukraine and Belаrus. It derives from the Old Norse ''Helgi'' ( Helge), meaning "holy", "sacred", or "blesse ...
, created as a co-production of
Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
,
Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...
and
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.Rhino (movie official website)
rhinomovie.org. 2021
The world premiere of ''Rhino'' took place on September 9, 2021, at the
78th Venice Film Festival The 78th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 1 to 11 September 2021. South Korean director Bong Joon-ho was appointed as the President of the Jury, marking the first time a South Korean director has been picked as the festiv ...
in the Orizzonti section.


Plot

Starting out as an aggressive delinquent, a young man nicknamed “Rhino” quickly works his way up the criminal hierarchy in 1990’s Ukraine. Rhino has only known power and cruelty, but with nothing left to lose, could he finally find a chance at redemption?


Cast


Production


Budget

In July 2020, Ukraine's Council for State Support of Cinematography made a decision to support the ''Rhino'' film project – funding received from the
Ukrainian State Film Agency The Ukrainian State Film Agency ( uk, Державне агентство України з питань кіно; romanization: ''Derzhavne ahentstvo Ukrayiny z pytanʹ kino''), known in short as Derzhkino ('' uk, Держкіно''), is the centr ...
was ₴25.0 mil. UAH, which amounted to about 50% of the film's total budget of ₴50.0 mil. UAH (€1.6 mil. EUR).Фільм Сенцова отримає 25 мільйонів з бюджету — Ткаченко
// ukrinform.ua. 09.07.2020
Overall the film has received ₴46.0 mil. UAH (€1.45 mil. EUR) in funding from governmental film institutions which represents around 92% of the overall budget of ₴50.0 mil. UAH (€1.6 mil. EUR); speficifcally, the
Ukrainian State Film Agency The Ukrainian State Film Agency ( uk, Державне агентство України з питань кіно; romanization: ''Derzhavne ahentstvo Ukrayiny z pytanʹ kino''), known in short as Derzhkino ('' uk, Держкіно''), is the centr ...
contributed 50% (₴25.0 mil. UAH / €800.0 thousdand EUR), the Council of Europe's Eurimages Fund contributed 17% (₴8.6 mil. UAH / €270.0 thousand EUR), the
Polish Film Institute Polish Film Institute (Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken *Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, b ...
contributed 15% (₴7.5 mil. UAH / €232.6 тис. EUR / zl1 million), and the German film fund
Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg The Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg is the body responsible for Film Funding and Media Business Development in the states of Berlin and Brandenburg. It is also the first point of contact for international and German professionals active in the fi ...
contributed 10% (₴4.8 mil. UAH / €150.0 thousand EUR).Medienboard Förderzusagen Film April 2020
medienboard.de. 2020


Screenplay

The story centers around a gangster Rhino, who's trying to survive Ukraine's "wild 90s". In August–September 2021 in his interviews for ''
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'' Sentsov confessed that he decided to make a movie about Ukraine's wild crime-infested 90s because he believes that to date " kraine hasn't made anymovies about the “wild” 90s". Sensov also shared that the prototype for the film's main character, Rhino, was one of Sentsov's friends.


Filming

In 2012 film's director and writer
Oleh Sentsov Oleh Hennadiiovych SentsovNosorih (Rhino)
labiennale.org ...
presented ''Rhino'' film project at the industry platform of the
Sofia International Film Festival Sofia International Film Festival (SIFF) (Bulgarian: ''Международен София Филм Фест, София Филм Фест''), also known as Sofia Film Fest, is an annual film festival in Sofia, capital city of Bulgaria, taking pla ...
, where it received awards for Best Project and Best Pitching.''First look at Oleg Sentsov’s ‘Rhino’ set for Bulgaria’s Sofia Meetings''
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screendaily.com/
/ref>''Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2021: #68. Oleg Sentsov’s Rhinoceros''
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/ref> Additionally in 2012 Sentsov presented ''Rhino'' film project at the producer pitching meeting of
Odesa International Film Festival The Odesa International Film Festival ( uk, Оде́ський міжнаро́дний кінофестива́ль) is an annual film festival held in the middle of July in Odesa. Since 2016 the festival program has consisted of three parts: ...
where the project won a grant of ₴25 thousand UAH. However, work on the film was suspended in 2014 due to Sentsov's illegal arrest by Russian security services and his subsequent incarceration. Work on the project only resumed after Oleh Sentsov was released by Russia in September 2019 as a part of Russia-Ukraine prisoner exchange. Filming began in July 2020 and ended in December 2020 and took place in
Kryvyi Rih Kryvyi Rih ( uk, Криви́й Ріг , lit. "Curved Bend" or "Crooked Horn"), also known as Krivoy Rog (Russian: Кривой Рог) is the largest city in central Ukraine, the 7th most populous city in Ukraine and the 2nd largest by area. Kr ...
,
Lviv Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in western Ukraine, and the seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukraine ...
and
Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...
. The film is a co-production of
Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
,
Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...
and
Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
. The Ukrainian side of production is represented by producer Denys Ivanov's Arthouse Traffic and Oleh Sentsov's Cry Cinema. Polish partners are
Apple Film Production Apple Film Production is one of the first and leading independent production companies in Poland. It was founded in 1990 by Dariusz Jablonski, a graduate of the directing department of Lodz Film School, assistant to Krzysztof Kieslowski on ''Dek ...
, German – Ma.ja.de. film company. The international distributor of the film is WestEnd Films.


Marketing


Promotion

On September 6, 2021 industry publication ''cineuropa.org'' released the first official international film poster. A day later on September 7, 2021 industry publication ''
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'' released the first official international film trailer. Fostylen magazine called the trailer impressive.


Release

The world premiere of ''Rhino'' took place on September 9, 2021, at the
78th Venice Film Festival The 78th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 1 to 11 September 2021. South Korean director Bong Joon-ho was appointed as the President of the Jury, marking the first time a South Korean director has been picked as the festiv ...
in the Orizzonti section; it was the closing film of the Orizzonti section.Orizzonti 2021
labiennale.org/en/. 2021
Nosorih (Rhino)
labiennale.org/en/. 2021


Awards and nominations

*
Venice Film Festival The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival he ...
— Orizzonti Section, Nomination: Best Film *Batumi International Art-House Film Festival — International competition, Nomination: Best Film; Winner: Best Actor ( Serhii Filimonov) *
Warsaw Film Festival Warsaw Film Festival ( pl, Warszawski Festiwal Filmowy, abbreviated as WFF) is an annual film festival held every October in Warsaw, Poland which previews new films of all genres, including documentaries from all around the world. The festival ha ...
— International competition, Nomination: Best Film *
Thessaloniki International Film Festival The Thessaloniki International Film Festival (TIFF), organized by the cultural institution of the same name under the auspices of the Greek Ministry of Culture, is held every November in Thessaloniki.TIFF features international competition secti ...
— Open Horizons, Non-Competition * CPH PIX — The Wild Side, Non-Competition *
Stockholm International Film Festival The Stockholm International Film Festival ( sv, Stockholms filmfestival, italic=no) is an annual film festival held in Stockholm, Sweden. It was launched in 1990 and has been held every year since then during the second half of November. The w ...
— International competition, Winner: Best Film, Best Actor ( Serhii Filimonov) *
52nd International Film Festival of India The 52nd International Film Festival of India opened on 20 November with ''The King of All the World'' (''El Rey de Todo El Mundo'') by Carlos Saura in Goa. Like 51st edition this edition was also held in hybrid format, that combined online and ...
— International Panorama, Non-Competition *Les Arcs Film Festival — Playtime, Non-Competition *Ulsan International Film Festival — UIFF Premiere, Non-Competition *
Sofia International Film Festival Sofia International Film Festival (SIFF) (Bulgarian: ''Международен София Филм Фест, София Филм Фест''), also known as Sofia Film Fest, is an annual film festival in Sofia, capital city of Bulgaria, taking pla ...
— Special screening, Non-Competition *Taipei Golden Horse Fantastic Film Festival — Fantasy of the Year, Non-Competition *
International Istanbul Film Festival The Istanbul Film Festival ( tr, İstanbul Film Festivali) is the first and oldest international film festival in Turkey, organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts. It is held every year in April in movie theaters in Istanbul, Tu ...
— International competition, Nomination: Best Film *D'A Film Festival — Transicions, Nomination: Audience Award *
Transilvania International Film Festival The Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF; ro, Festivalul internațional de film Transilvania) is the first international feature film festival in Romania, which is held annually in the historic capital of Transylvania, Cluj-Napoca. Found ...
— TIFF For Ukraine, Non-Competition *Lubuskie Lato Filmowe — Main Competition, Winner: Best Film *Aegean Film Festival — Feature films, Non-Competition *
Motovun Film Festival The Motovun Film Festival is an annual film festival established in 1999 and held in the small town of Motovun, Croatia. It usually takes place over five or six days in late July or early August. Overview Motovun Film Festival is entirely dedic ...
— Main Program, Nomination: Best Film *Atlàntida Mallorca Film Festival — Official Competition, Nomination: Best FilmRhino
Atlàntida Mallorca Film Festival website


References


External links

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